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Change the underlined adverbs in 1–4 to make them more positive. Change the underlined
adverbs in 5–7 to make them less negative.
1 The play was quite interesting.
very
2 I thought they were very good.
3 He’s been getting quite good marks in his exams.
4 It’s a pretty nice house.
5 John said the flat was very small.
6 They said it was fairly boring.
7 His clothes were very dirty.
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Over to
you
Make the sentences true for you by adding a suitable adverb, in the correct place.
1
I clean my teeth after breakfast
.
I always clean my teeth after breakfast.
2
I buy clothes I don’t like
.
3
I lose things
.
4
I forget things
.
5
I remember my dreams
.
6
I speak to strangers on buses and trains
.
7
I give money to people in the street if they ask me
.
Now think about each of your answers to the sentences above. Do you think they are:
a)
fairly typical?
b)
slightly unusual?
c)
quite unusual?
If possible, compare your answers with someone else.
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English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and Intermediate

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Time and sequence
A
When / As soon as
The meaning of these two time expressions is almost the same, but as soon as suggests
something more immediate or important.
I’ll phone my uncle when / as soon as I get home.
As soon as / When you’ve finished this exercise, you can go home.
Common
mistakes
I’ll see you when I get there. (NOT I’ll see you when I will get there.)
We don’t use a future form after
when / as soon as
.
B